Environment
Novell ZENworks
7.2 Linux Management - ZLM7.2
Situation
Hardware inventory
settings can not be configured globally from ZCC.
Tying to add switches to the option "inventory-scanner-options" (in ZCC, under Configuration->ZDM Settings->Add->inventory->inventory-scanner-options, setting the value to: "-braille -floppy -parallel")
ERROR: "One or more character is invalid".
Tying to add switches to the option "inventory-scanner-options" (in ZCC, under Configuration->ZDM Settings->Add->inventory->inventory-scanner-options, setting the value to: "-braille -floppy -parallel")
ERROR: "One or more character is invalid".
Resolution
To obtain access to a
hot patch with the fix for this problem, follow the instructions in
KB 3469853 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7.2 Linux Management" which
can be found at https://www.novell.com/support
Additional Information
Doing it locally
in the device itself does work. For instance:
# rug set inventory-scanner-options -braille,-floppy,-parallel